Holder for sample rolls of paper.



PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904.

v P. HAWKR. HOLDER PoR SAMPLE ROLLS 0F PAPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented June 28, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK HAWKE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES R. CROMPTON t BROTHERS, LIMITED, OFY NEAR BURY, LANOASHIRE,

ENGLAND.

HOLDER FOR SAMPLE ROLLS OF PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,394, dated June 2,8, 1904. Application led May 28, 1903. Serial No. 159,158. (No model.)

To (MZ whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HAWKE, merchant, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of 2 Queenhithe, London, England, have invented a cer-V tain new anduseful Holder for Sample Rolls ot' Paper, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to a device for holding sample rolls of paper.

I provide a central column which may be made of any light and suitable material and may be of any height or size and likewise of any convenient shape, such as round, triangular, rectangular, or any other convenient section in plan. On both sides of this said central column-that is to say, at the top and bottom end-is fixed a plate or iat piece of any convenient size and also of any convenient shape. These plates extend beyond the central column, so as to form both a retaining overhanging portion to confine the rolls of paper and a i suitable contact-point for the bands or other means of securing the rolls about said column. Preferably they will conform in general contour with the central column; but if said column be cylindrical the said plate may be of any geometrical ligure which shall present a plurality of flat surfaces tangential or substantially tangential to the face of the said cylindrical column corresponding in number to the number of overlapped tiers of paper rolls. The extent of the overhung portion should be approximately that of the thickness of the rolls; but this may vary without departing from the invention. The rolls of paper can be stacked or laid upon the inner surface of the plate which forms the base-plate of the holder-frame in layers of three, four, or more rolls, according to the shape of the central column, and the layers of the sample paper can be built one upon the other crosswise till the topmost layer reaches the inner side of the other or top plate. The whole can then be tied, corded, or strapped together and moved or carried about, as may be required.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents an elevation of the holder-frame It will be observed that a holder as above y described will securely retain a number of' rolls of paper without liability of their becoming so displaced as to injure same and in a manner which permits convenient handling as well as convenient access to any particular roll. The plates B B confine the various tiers or' rolls and the bands or cords D D', engaging the overlapped ends of the adjoining columns of paper rolls, and the top and bottom plates serve to bind these rolls together in a simple yet effective manner. If desired, the general arrangement of these bands may be varied,r as it is merely essential that they should be capable of being brought into the relation to the rolls and the end plates as shown and described and so tar as their func-` tion is concerned might be permanently attached to oneA end plate with free ends adapted to be united above the other or to it to bind the various parts and the contained rolls of paper together.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

A holder for sample rolls of paper comprising a central column, plates disposed at the opposite ends thereor` and overhanging said column, and bands or cords adapted toextcnd from one of said plates'to the other whereby rolls of paper disposed about said central column are held in relation to said holder.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK HAWKE.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR OARRICK.. FREDK. RHODES. 

